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An astronomer takes us on a tour of the universe to learn about the birth of stars and planets and how they get their spin.

Astronomers are puzzled by a ring around the icy dwarf planet Quaoar that is much farther from its parent body than thought possible

"When we analyzed the data of the star Wolf 1069, we discovered a clear, low-amplitude signal of what appears to be a planet of roughly Earth mass,"...

Greetings everyone! You can see three of the five visible planets in the evening sky this week. Saturn has circled to the other side of the sun from us and

Quaoar, a dwarf planet in our solar system, has a ring of debris orbiting it that is far further out than we thought the laws of physics allow

The rock, dubbed Cacao, is made of iron and nickel, NASA says.

Significantly tipped out of the plane of orbits of other planets. more than half of plutos volume is comprised of ice. if you brought pluto to where earth is now, heat from the sun would evaporate that ice and grow a tail. thats not behavior for a planet. >> do you believe that there is life out there somewhere? >> i would say that if there werent life, it would be astonishing. if -- given how common our ingredients are and how quickly life took place and how many planets are or biting the stars...

Ergo, i do not like you. >> i didnt demote pluto. that was a vote of the union. >> if ifs and buts were nuts, wed all have a merry christmas. >> i cant act. >> i thought you did well. >> did i do okay? >> yeah. >> is it true you got hate mail for dissing pluto? >> yeah. i got a file cabinet this deep from third graders. >> third grade, i learned how you can tell the planets from their distance from the sun, marys violet eyes make john stay up nights period. period. pluto. now theres no period. >...

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

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